My pen pal John is a school boy. He is from the USA and he is 13 years old. This is his room. Let's have a look. His computer is on the desk. And a telephone is on it, too. His books are everywhere. Some are on the shelf（书架）and some are on the ground. Look, what's that under the bed? Oh, it's one of his socks. Where's his schoolbag? It's near the bed. You can find a dictionary, a pencil box and a set of keys in it. Where is his hat? Can you find it?

    You can always see some park workers dressed as movie or cartoon characters(角色) in some theme parks(主题公园）like Disneyland. We call them costumed characters. What is it like to be a costumed character at a theme park?

    Dave Jackson has this interesting job. He works as a costumed character in Disneyland. There are always so many visitors in this park. Every day Dave puts on a Mickey Mouse suit and plays with the visitors to make them happy. Many visitors, especially the young children, take photos with him.

    Some people may think his job is quite easy. But in fact, it's sometimes a little difficult. First of all, the costumes are very heavy. And it's difficult to go to the washing room with a heavy costume. Second, the space he works is very small, so he usually gets tired after standing there for a long time. What's more, the most difficult part is working in hot weather! He alwayssweats a lot, and the sweat can run into his eyes.

    "My job is not easy, but it is also great fun." says Dave. "Looking back, I must be in quite a lot of people's family photos. It is really cool.

Florence Nightingale was born on May 12th, 1820. In 1851, she trained as a nurse. Two years later she went to a British military (军事的) hospital so that she could help British soldiers. Before she arrived, many soldiers died in the hospital because it was dirty. Nightingale worked hard to make the hospital clean and stop soldiers dying. When she returned to England in 1856, she was a national heroine. Nightingale wrote two books about nursing and she also started a school to train nurses. She died in London on August 13th, 1910, when she was 90 years old.

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Li Hua, China

It's never too late to learn. 66-year-old Xu Baokun is a good example to show that. The grandma learned to play the drums and got popular online because of her drum playing (打鼓).

Xu comes from Guangxi. She is a farmer. When she was young, she worked in the fields (田地) all year round. But, with age, she had some health problems. That stopped her from going here and there. As a result, she lived a boring life.

Xu's son teaches others music in Guangdong Province. Last year, he brought a drum set (架子鼓，爵士鼓，套鼓) home for Xu to play. At first, Xu thought playing the drums was too noisy. But after watching her son play a few times, she became interested in it and decided to learn to play.

Because Xu knew nothing about music, ▲ . She spent lots of time practicing playing the drums every day. Now she can play many songs. What's more, she is healthier than before thanks to drum playing.

Xu's son put her videos (录像) of drum playing online. To his surprise, Xu quickly got popular. Now Xu plays at some weddings (婚礼) and the TV station. She is anxious before she plays in front of others, but when she sees the drum set, she knows she will do a good job.

"Age is just a number," Xu said. "I'll learn more beautiful music to bring happiness to more people."

I like fishing with my parents at the weekend. But my friends always ask me, "How can you sit with   your parents for hours like that?"{#blank#}1{#/blank#} I just smile.

 Last Sunday, I went fishing with my parents by a river. They sat far away from me. I threw some bait(饵) into the river and sat down to watch my float(浮子). Suddenly, I saw it move. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} After an hour I still didn't catch a fish, so I went to see my mom and dad. I thought they might be luckier than me.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}"Let' s fish together," Dad said. "Maybe we' ll be lucky later." I got my things and sat down beside them. We started to have a chat. I told them some interesting things that happened in school. We talked and laughed for the rest of the day. Soon the sun started to set. We didn't have any fish, but we had a great day. I knew my parents better.

 On the way home, I told Mom that I wanted to have fish for dinner. "That's a good idea. We can buy one at the market," she said. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} At that moment, I realized how much my parents loved me.

What can you learn from the passage?(More than 15 words) {#blank#}5{#/blank#}